Thanks for pointing out this technology. That is a big breakthrough. I remember when you posted about this tech a few years ago.
As I recall Thorium is very abundant and the US has enough of it to last them 300 years.
Greg.
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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
I have long been a fan of Thorium based nuclear power.
Despite decades of vested interested and naysayers, China has just announced a game breaking clean energy achievement. They now have a working Thorium cycle reactor.
The US first developed the process in the late 1950/early 1960's, but abandoned Thorium reactors in the 1970's (as it is no good for the fossil fuel industry or making Nukes) but left their research in the public domain.
China picked up their research and played the long game. Kudos to them.
They now have a working system that is safe, cheap and scalable: big cities/ small towns/container ships can all use this technology which is significantly safer and cheaper than Gen 4 uranium reactors AND produces almost no waste.
I doubt the SMH, Australian or tabloid TV news will run with this "moon-landing" moment. I suspect they simply don't understand its significance.
Link here
https://interestingengineering.com/e...r?group=test_b |